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SHORTHAND 

FOR 

General  and  Verbatim  Reporting. 


REVISED  EDITION 

BY 

Henry  E.  Byrne, 

Tyler  Literary,  Normal,  and  Commercial  College, 
Tyler,  Texas. 


BYRNE    PUBLISHING  CO., 
TYLER,  TEXAS. 


COPYRIGHTED 
1807, 

BY   IIKNHV  F.   [5YKNK. 

OOPVBI6HTED 
1900. 

in"   IIF.NRY  E.  BYKNF. 

ALL    KUiHTS  KESF.IIYKD. 


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PREFACE. 

This  book  was  not  written  to  promulgate  an  entirely  new 
system  of  short-hand.     Pitman's  Phonography,  or  modifica- 
tions of  the  Pitman  systems   under  the   name   of  Munson, 
Graham,  etc.,  and  Eclectic  short-hand,  are  now  used   by   all 
M    the  world's  most  eminent   reporters.     The   author   has,  by 
\£    combining  the  best  principles  of  these  great  systems   and 
>-    introducing  new  ones,  constructed  a  brief  and  simple  system 
that  has  many  advantages  over  other  systems.    This  system 
has  no  shaded  or  long  characters,  no  exceptions,  no  conso- 
nant positions,  and  but  few  word  signs.     The  rules  apply  to 
SJ    all  letters  alike.    The  work  is  graded  so  that  the  student  has 
U)     nothing  to  unlearn.     Vowels  may  be  written  on  vowel   po- 
^     sitions,  joined  to  each  other,  or  joined  to  preceding  conso- 

nants. 

jj        Great  care  has  been  taken  in  the  production  of  this  system 

t    of  instructions  to  make  it  thorough,  complete  and  concise, 

and  render  it  as  nearly  a  perfect  self-instructor  as  possible. 

THE  AUTHOR. 


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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND. 

ALPHABET, 
x  \x 


A. 


/        B/^      C    )         D  (          E    |         F  ^^    G/9 


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H  /        IV       J  -S      K    )         L  ^s   M 

o\   p'f   q  ( 

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W  ^     X  6/      Y  \  Z/ 


I*  /  x/ 

R  S  T/       U  ^X 


CONTRACTED  OUTLINES. 
a  ...............  the  .....  •>.  ........  1  ,  ........  .O  !  or  oh.  .....  ........  you.  sh. 

* 

ch....«  .......  wh  ..  G/  ....i\\  .L/  .......  sk  .?       eq  C  ..........  sp  "^      sw  C?.  . 

dw...o.  .....  tw-.c^.—little  v^x  before  ^-—v  have  ..........  if  ..>^. 

and  ..-x^  .....  take  ...tT^  ......  of  .....  ^v..  give 


VOWEL   POSITIONS. 


A      au  aw      ha     /  ba 

E  he  //  be     s  me 

I        oi  hi/// bi ?^<~r. mi 


O      ou  ow      ho  yv  bo    /<^.          mo 

U      oo  hu/  bu    /  fu 


NOTE: — In  the  above  "Contracted  Outlines"  sq  and  sp  should  be 
transposed. 


SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND. 

Alphabet. 


Begin  at  the  bottom  all  letters  that  have  a  cross  mark  over 
them.  C  is  used  only  in  writing  initials  of  proper  names.  K 
is  used  for  hard  C,  and  S  for  soft  C. 

To  indicate  a  capital  that  is  struck  upward,  begin  the  letter 
with  a  dot.  Capitals  are  not  used  except  in  writing  initials. 

Practice  the  alphabet  carefully  until  you  have  it  thor- 
oughly memorized  and  can  write  it  two  or  three  times  per 
minute. 


Contracted  Outlines. 

Notice  that  a,  the,  i,  o,  you,  little,  before,  have,  take,  and 
give,  are  written  on  positions,  and  the  others  have  no  posi- 
tion and  may  be  written  on  any  position  or  joined  to  a  pro- 
ceeding character,  thus  enabling  you  to  write  a  number  of 
words  without  lifting  the  pencil.  Join  all  words  beginning 
with  a  vowel  to  a  preceding  word  when  they  will  join  easily. 


Vowel    Positions. 


You  will  see  from  the  illustration  given,  that  the  position 
of  the  letter  tells  you  the  first  vowel  in  the  word;  as  in  ha 
the  letter  H  is  placed  on  the  A  position,  giving  the  sound  of 
H  and  A,  or,  HA;  and  the  H  placed  on  the  E  position  gives 
the  sound  of  H  and  E,  or,  HE,  etc.  Outside  of  the  five  main 
vowel  positions,  A,  E,  I,  O,  U,  we  have  the  diphthongs,  or 
double  vowels.  AU,  AW,  OI,  OU,  OW,  and  OO. 

The  diphthong  position  is  distinguished  from  the  single 
vowel  position  by  placing  a  dot  by  the  side  of  the  letter.  The 
word  how  is  written  by  placing  H  on  O  position  and  making 
a  dot  by  the  side  of  the  H.  This  gives  the  OW  sound  in- 
stead of  the  O. 


SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND. 

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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND.  7 

Lengthen  V  and  Y  and  make  all  other  letters  minute,  to 
add  M,  N,  or  L. 

To  add  a  second  M,  N,  or  L,  make  a  dot  on  the  end  of  a 
letter. 

Drop  all  silent  letters  and  make  your  outlines  as  short  as 
possible. 

The  ditto  mark  is  used  for  a  period. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  1. 

1.  The  man  came  home.  2.  Seethe  man  dive.  3.  See  me 
fan  the  man.  4.  I  came  to  see  the  foam  on  the  sea.  5.  See 
the  lame  man  in  the  pen.  6.  Come,  if  you  can,  and  see  the 
fun.  7.  See,  she  can  swim.  8.  I  spy  a  swan,  little  man.  9. 
Ta'-e  me  and  have  me  lie  down  a  little  while  in  the  sky  be- 
fore you  go  to  see  the  film.  10.  Take  me  and  give  me  a 
little  ball,  if  you  have  one.  11.  The  foeman  saw  the  film 
fall  in  the  flame. 


Make  a  dot  on  the  end  of  V  and  Y,  make  all  linear  char- 
acters half  length,  and  make  all  surface  characters  half  size 
to  add  T,  D,  or  TH.  Make  a  dot  on  the  end  of  a  character  to 
add  a  second  T,  D,  or  Th,  or  TT,  DD,  TD,  or  DT. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  2. 

1.  Ned  fed  the  cat  fat  meat  till  she  could  not  eat.  2.  Nat 
met  a  rat  in  the  road  and  fainted.  3.  John  got  to  be  a  good 
boy  before  he  died.  4,  He  skated  to  the  spot  and  voted.  5. 
You  need  not  run,  he  stated. 


The  right  side  of  vertical  and  oblique  straight  lines,  the 
inside  of  curved  lines,  and  the  under  side  of  m,  are  the  nat- 
ural sides,  and  the  oposite  sides  are  the  unnatural. 


SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND. 

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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND.  9 

Shade  any  letter  at  the  end  to  add  R,  and  shade  it  full 
length  to  add  S.  If  R  and  S  come  together,  shade  the  letter, 
at  the  end  to  add  R,  and  make  a  small  circle  on  the  natural 
side  to  add  the  S. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  3. 

1.  See  the  girl  cry  for  a  ride  on  the  train.  2.  Try  to  free 
the  poor  man  from  the  bear.  3.  I  see  you  are  here  for  a 
while,  are  you  worse? 


A  circle  the  size  of  R,  is  used  on  the  natural  side  of  a  char- 
acter ending  to,  add  SH  or  CH. 

Writing  Exercise   No.  4. 

1.  I  paid  the  preacher  cash  for  a  bushel  of  peaches.  2. 
Can  you  catch  a  fish?  3.  A  dish  of  fresh  fish  is  much  better 
than  a  dish  of  fresh  peaches. 


A  hook  may  be  made  on  the  unnatural  side  of  a  letter 
to  add  K,  and  a  loop  to  add  G. 

All  loops,  hooks,  and  retracings,  may  be  made  minute  to 
add  M.  N,  or  L,  and  half  size  to  add  T,  D,  or  TH. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  5. 

1.  Did  you  see  the  chick  in  the  basket?  2.  See  the  big 
duck  on  its  back.  3.  The  big  black  dog  dug  a  hole  close  to 
the  pike. 


A  hook  may  be  made  on  the  natural  side  of  a  letter  to  add 
P,  and  a  loop  to  add  B, 


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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND.  11 

Writing  Exercise  No.  6. 

1.  I  have  a  hoop,  a  map,  and  a  rope  in  the  cab.  2.  Dip  up 
the  soap  with  your  cap.  3.  Look !  the  baby  has  a  bib  on  her 
lap. 


A  dot:  placed  after  a  character  adds,  NG,  ING,  DING,  or 
THING;  a  break  in  a  word  indicates  NG,  or  ING. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  7. 

1.  The  flaming  fire  was  roaring  and  popping  and  the 
smoke  was  rolling  and  winding  in  the  air.  2.  Pennington 
and  his  fighting  dog  caught  the  cunning  fox. 


A  small  circle  on  the    unnatural  side  of  a  letter  adds  RY, 
orLY. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  8. 

It  was  necessary  to  have  only  one  manly  man. 


A  small  circle  used  on  the  unnatural  side  of  a  letter  at  its 
beginning  is  PE. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  9. 

1.  Did  you  receive  the  receipt  from  the  reporter?  2.  Re- 
member, you  refused  to  receive  the  money. 

A.  character  may  be  retraced  on  the  natural  side  to  add 
tion,  sion,  cian,  sian,  tious,  cious,  ceous,  sious,  tial,  cial, 
etc.  These  retracings  may  be  lengthened  to  add  T,  D,orTH, 
and  diminished  to  add  Y  or  LY. 


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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND. 


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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND.  13 

Writing  Exercise  No.  1O. 

1.  The  marshal  slapped  the  fashionable  fellow  that  lives 
in  a  mansion.  2.  You  should  use  caution  when  you  are  at 
the  station,  especially  when  there  is  a  train  in  motion. 


A  minute  M  is  used  on  the  end   of   a   character  for  ment. 
Mdke  a  small  cross  after  every  abbreviation. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  11. 

1.  His  statement  did  not  fayor  public  sentiment.  2.  I  wish 
to  commont  on  the  statement  made  by  Mr.  Bell  of  Mo.  re- 
garding Snow's  Liniment. 


To  annex  A,  AN,  THE,  HE,  I,  TO,  or  YOU,  to  a  word 
beginning  with  a  vowel,  or  to  a  word  sign  that  takes  no  po- 
sition, place  the  vowel,  or  word  sign,  on  the  position  on  which 
the  annex  is  written. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  12. 

1.  He  and  I  were  in  the  boat.  2.  Before  I  go  all  the  way; 
I  muse  give  the  man  a  peach  and  an  apple.  3.  If  you  have 
a  house,  sell  it  so  as  to  raise  the  money  you  need. 


When  words  are  repeated,  as  by-and-by,  day-by-day,  etc., 
the  word  repeated  and  the  conjunction  or  preposition  may  be 
c.dded  by  a  dash  placed  or.  the  natural  side  of  the  first  word. 

Writing  Exercise  No.  13. 

1.  Day  after  day,  the  old  man  sat.  by  the  sea  side  and  saw 
tha  waves  roll  over  and  over  each  other  and  the  birds  fly 
round  and  round  above  him.  2.  The  birds  kept  rising  higher 
and  higher. 


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SIMPLIFIED   SHORTHAND.  15 

Phrase  all  you  can.  Where  two  or  more  common  words 
come  together,  phrase  them,  either  by  writing  the  first  word 
on  position  and  joining  the  initial  letter  of  the  next  word  to 
it,  and  the  initial  letter  of  the  next  word  to  this  and  so  on, 
or  by  making  a  letter  so  as  to  represent  the  sounds  of  sev- 
eral words;  as  in,  IF  YOU  WILL,  put  F  on  U  position  and 
make  it  minute  for  L,  and  you  get  the  sounds  F-U-L. 

Writing  Exercise  No,    14. 

Dear  sir: — Yours  of  the  12th  to  hand.  Can  you  be  with 
us  on  or  about  the  20th?  If  you  will  bring  Mr.  Lane,  it  will 
be  better.  All  of  u«  are  here  at  home  and  it  is  our  aim  to 
stay  here  till  all  of  us  are  well. 

List  of  Prefixes  and  Signs. 

Sijrn.  Prefix  Sijrn.  I'reifix 

a — accom,  accoun.  ms — miscon. 

ad — adminis.  n — noncom-con. 

am — ambi,  amphi.  om — omni-nip-nis-niv. 

. — com,  con,  coun,  cor.  p — precon. 

sm — circum.  q — quadra-ri-ru. 

k — concom,  concor.  r — recom-con-ccg-cor. 

d — discom-con-coun,  —  cum-coun. 

ds — dissatis.  si — self,  selfcon. 

e — equi,  equiv.  s — subcom,  subcon. 

en — encom,  encoun.  st — substan. 

enr — encour.  sr — circum. 

g — govern.  tr — trans, transcon. 

h — hypo,  hypot.  un — unac-com-count. 

in — inac.  uns — undis. 

ins — indis,  indus.  u — uncom-con. 

i — incon,  incom,  incum.  ur — unrecom-con. 

ir — irrocon-coft.  us — unsatis. 

m — magnan-im. 

Words  having  two  or  more  syllables  may  be  written  by 
striking  the  initial  letter  of  the  last  part  of  the  word  close  to 
the  preceding  part. 


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Writing  Exercise  No.  15. 

1.  I  took  the  responsibility  of  taking  the  committee  out  in  a 
carriage  to  see  the  phonograph  and  the  telegraph  work. 
2.  Notice  the  simplicity  of  our  catalogue,  reading  thedialogue 
on  philosophy  and  physiology.  3.  This  diagram  will  show 
you  the  durability  of  our  telephone  and  show  you  how  we 
manage  it.  4.  If  you  had  any  accommodation  about  you,  I 
would  try  to  accommodate  you.  5.  I  looked  over  the  congre- 
gation and  saw  the  administrator  looking  as  though  he 
wanted  to  administrate  on  the  preacher  and  authorize  him  to 
compress  his  sermon  so  that  it  would  not  conflict  with  his 
dinner,  which  was  to  be  complimentary  to  bis  undisputed 
self-love.  6.  Can  you  discriminate  between  an  irrecognizable, 
discontented  man  and  an  unrec  moiled  uncomplimentary 
woman?  7.  Did  you  ever  hear  such  words  as  transcontinental, 
quadrilateral,  magnanimity,  circumstantial,  superannuation? 
No.  Can  you  spell  consternation,  equiangular,  hypocrisy, 
irrecognizable,  amphibian,  ambient? 

Letters  That  May  be  Used  as  Word  Signs. 

F  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

G  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

I    on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

J  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

K  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

O  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

T  on  a,  e,          u  position. 

U  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

V  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

X  on  a,  e,  i,  o,  u  position. 

When  you  find  a  word  occuring  often  in  your  work,  with 
a  long  outline  you  may  adapt  any  one  of  the  above  letters  as 
a  sign  for  it. 


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